Microchaetus rappi Beddard, 1886

Jadwiga Danuta Plisko, 2006, A systematic reassessment of the genus Microchaetus Rapp, 1849: its amended definition, reinstatement of Geogenia Kinberg, 1867, and erection of a new genus Kazimierzus (Oligochaeta: Microchaetidae), African Invertebrates 47 (1), pp. 31-56 : 39

Microchaetus rappi Beddard, 1886

Microchaeta rappi: Beddard, 1886 b: 63 ; Horst 1891: 77; Beddard 1895: 669; Plisko 1999: 273.

Microchaeta Rappii [invalid emendation of rappi ]: Beddard 1886 b: 306; 1895: 669; Coles 1981: 276.

Microchaeta Rappi : Rosa 1891: 380; Benham 1886 b: 87.

Antaeus microchaeta [partim]: Vaillant 1890: 185 [invalid emendation of Anteus ].

Microchaeta ? microchaeta [partim]: Vaillant 1890: 186; Reynolds & Cook 1976: 60.

Microchaetus microchaetus [partim]: Michaelsen 1900: 451.

Microchaetus microchaetus var. typica [partim]: Michaelsen 1900: 451.

The type locality suggested to be ‘Breakwater, Cape Town’ (Beddard 1886 b) is probably

erroneous, and should be Grahamstown, Eastern Cape.